Fantastic selection of fabrics, haberdashery with a good selection of arts and crafts materials…read more Go support this family run independent shop and get proper customer care and service.

This shop is in Balham London, not in Epsom !!!, I was looking to see what there is in Epsom,…read moreanswer ? nothing !!!if you are looking for wool shops don't go to Epsom !!, who does these lists of shops they need a better map.

We're planning a trip to London next week and I hoped to be able to pop in while we're there. It…read morelooks like the shop is closed but I called and a nice man answered the phone. They're open on Saturdays from 10a to 3p which is very good news!

I love this place…read more I went on a search for knitting wool and came here on the Yelp recommendation of Joanna. I had to fit my visit into the shop's limited and somewhat odd operating hours, but fit it into my schedule, I did. And I'm sure glad I did as well. The shop is nothing special from the outside, and it's nothing particularly special from the inside. The walls are cubby holes dedicated to the seemingly haphazard storage of knitting wool/yarn. It's par for the course of any knitting/crocheting store, really. But the jewel of this place is its business owner, retired Mrs M.A. Jones. She self-professedly runs a wool shop to keep herself out of trouble. Love. Her. She is potentially the most helpful person I've met in my life. She's eager to hear about your project and to give you ideas on what yarns will be best for it. She doesn't try to upsell you, and she will recommend an acrylic wool if that's what will suit your project the most. I went in one day and bought a skein of wool. I went in the next day to buy some more, but mostly to show off what I'd done with the first skein, so eager I was for her encouragement and praise. She stocks both high-end and economical wools, so if you're cheap like me you won't have to suppress your balking at the dear wools that come with dear prices. 100 grams of a 70/30 acrylic-alpaca for £2.99 suits me just fine.

This week I am going to quit smoking. I swear. Christmas Eve is my final day dragging fog from a…read morecancer stick. Fortunate for my lungs, but unfortunate for my lips. I'm probably going to chomp on them like a beaver chomps through bark. It is going to be a massacre. I need to find a new hobby to keep my hands busy. I am going to pick up knitting. Sharp Works has everything I need for my new pastime. Yarn, needles, everything I need to make myself a new jumper for super cheap prices. If you have formidable knitting skills you can probably make yourself two jumpers for a tenner if you buy all of your supplies from this place. This place is a lifesaver on many levels.

A tiny but worthwhile shop to visit selling haberdashery and everything to do with knitting, wools…read moreand yarns. If you can find the shop when it is open (as I have difficulty with) then you are bound to be impressed, this is more or less the only place where you can find wool and haberdashery in the vacinity. The owner, Susan Sharp also organises the local ''stitch 'n' bitch''. A lifesaver for last minute knitting and sewing emergencies.

UNRESPONSIVE and totally BOGUS - Visiting from another country and was super excited to purchase…read moreyarn and a kit! Called, left a voicemail and emailed over 3 days to confirm store was open before I made the 1 hour trek from our hotel. No response. Soo frustrating and sad! Why have a business? Why make a potential customer have to work soo hard to see if you're even open? Found another yarn store (BK) that answered their phone, confirmed their hours and appreciated my business! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS PLACE!

There selection was fantastic. I was specifically looking for mohair and patterns. I found both in…read moreabundance!

My new favorite yarn shop in London! Cute shop in a cute neighborhood. Great assortment of yarns…read moreand tools. I will be back!

This shop had several different selections of local yarns, plus the basics. The shop keepers were…read morevery friendly and answered my questions/chatted with me despite the very crowded store. I would come back on another visit to London.

Brilliant knitting shop, they stock a good range of the current major trend yarns and have a large…read morerange of patterns to choose from as well. Everybody in the shop is extremely helpful (and they don't badger you either, which is great!) and they seem to know their stuff. It's the only place to go for knitting bits in Clacton.

From the owner: Our shops are crammed to the rafters with yarns from all your favourite brands!read more

This place is a local gem. I went in there on one sodden Monday looking for a particular sort of…read moretweed, having only found it for £40 a metre in a load of those annoying Scottish shops you only get on Regent Street - you know the ones - the name starts with "House of". Anyway, I slouched in here expecting a pile of faux fur and badly frayed lycra, and was delighted to find the place stocked from floor to ceiling with virtually anything anyone could ever want. Including the very tweed I wanted, made of wool, for just over a fiver a metre! Needless to say, this has now become my home-from home. Want threads, buttons, findings, zips, upholstry fabric, dressmaking fabric, that weird plastic-y stuff they make tablecloths out of in bad cafs - you name it, they've got it. The staff are great too.

I LOVE this shop. I've been coming here with my Mum since I was little and would always be…read morefascinated but the shelves upon shelves of fabrics. Now I'm all grown up and into clothes making/knitting/crocheting etc I really appreciate how amazing this shop is. There's a whole curtain section upstairs, buttons, iron ons, lace, elastic, yarn, satin, cotton, denim, fabric for table cloths, netting, patterns...EVERYTHING! It's always pretty busy when I go but staff are always on hand to help. Will always come here for my crafting needs!

I don't know a stitch about knitting, but this too-darling shop is eye-catching enough for even…read morenovices to peruse. I came in with a friend who was inquiring about a certain pattern, and the girl working was extremely friendly and as helpful as could be - even though her advice meant we didn't end up needing to buy anything... Perhaps what makes this store especially unique is their fantastical window displays, made entirely of, you guessed it - yarn. Apparently there's a whole slew of "knitting artists" out there... and many of them are on the monthly docket of this shop to deck out the window in whimsical and unbelievably architectural cascades of yarn. Last month it was a (large!) knitted sink and toilet... this month its a wooly version of a snowman. The shop offers classes... now, I'm not exactly one to bother knitting a scarf... but a truly ambitious and artistic construction of woven fiber is a slightly different and more enticing story... for £40 I can join one of their classes for "knitters and crocheters who have visions!" Hmmm....

Reckons its a haberdashery but is mostly selling knitting stuff like it's some hallowed form of…read morereverential lost art. As a keen crafter who grew up in jumpers hand knitted and handed down by me ma I don't think it's anything special. Went in to check it out and the attendant was pretending she didn't notice us (2 people) this is hard to believe as you can almost see a red stripe round the walls where someone tried to swing a cat. When the attendant finally acknowledged us with a face like someone had dropped a stitch we had just about seen all of the meagre ammount of items on sale. I think they do 'knitting circles' in there too. In such a small space it would be the ideal way to pass on knits. Get yourself up the Roman Road nearby for bargain haberdashery and a fairly good sewing shop with a lovely chap who repairs machines.

I visited this shop during a short stay in London, mainly because it was an independent shop and…read more(very!) easily accessed by train. As we know, indie shops can be hit or miss, since they tend to fit the owner's tastes...but I have to say, this shop had me wanting to buy ALL THE THINGS and start up many new crafts. (Restrained myself, as I had limited luggage space and Parisian craft shops on the itinerary.) Yarn and apparel fabrics were the main attractions for me--I picked up some cotton that later became a skirt, and a couple balls of bulky British yarn that are now keeping a friend's head warm in Toronto. I also added notions, markers, iron-ons, and paper goods to my craft arsenal. (I don't normally do paper stuff but how could I not buy giant cross-stitch paper??) I was super impressed by the machine parts collection--who knew that many feet existed?! I probably walked the whole store 3x to make sure I wasn't missing anything I couldn't live without. Anyway, amazing stock aside, the owner is incredibly sweet & kind. We had a nice little chat about the shop, and she graciously shared some business tips. Since that visit, I've been following her Instagram and *really* wish I had managed to take a class when I was in town. (Now I know for next time!!) The shop is bright, cheery, inviting, and beautifully pulled together. If you're in London and you or someone you love is a crafter, swing by this store. You're bound to find something(s) wonderful.

Fawonderfu place Just what we crafters need…read more So nice to see what u need instead of buying on net Excellent selection and first rate classes at good price All materials supplied

Some nice acrylic wools... no Rowan yarn unfortunately. Over friendly service and felt a bit like…read morea jumble sale.